• Esmatullah Karimi

Data envelopment analysis has been used for measuring the efficiency of schools, universities, hospitals, banks, and other institutions. This paper analyses the technical efficiency of elementary schools in all 33 districts of Rajasthan, India from 2014 to 2016. Assuming variable-returns-to-scale and utilizing data envelopment analysis (DEA) for obtaining the technical efficiency scores. We used data from the national university of educational planning and administration (NUEPA), and district information system for education (DISE). The results of the paper show that average technical efficiency was high in 2016 compared to the other two years. In 2016, twenty districts were listed as efficient districts, whereas, in 2014 and 2015, the number of efficient districts was 13 and 12 respectively. After comparing literacy rate and technical efficiency score of the districts, some evidence of high literacy rate but low technical efficiency score were found which reveal that high literacy rate does not necessarily imply that districts are technically efficient.

Data envelopment analysis, technical efficiency, elementary schools

"Measuring inter-district variation of efficiency of elementary schools using data envelopment analysis: evidence from Rajasthan", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.19-32, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901204.pdf

"Measuring inter-district variation of efficiency of elementary schools using data envelopment analysis: evidence from Rajasthan", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp19-32, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901204.pdf